#!/usr/bin/env python # Import the llvm-py modules. from llvm import * from llvm.core import * from llvm.ee import * # new import: ee = Execution Engine # Create a module, as in the previous example. my_module = Module.new('my_module') ty_int = Type.int() # by default 32 bits ty_func = Type.function(ty_int, [ty_int, ty_int]) f_sum = my_module.add_function(ty_func, "sum") f_sum.args[0].name = "a" f_sum.args[1].name = "b" bb = f_sum.append_basic_block("entry") builder = Builder.new(bb) tmp = builder.add(f_sum.args[0], f_sum.args[1], "tmp") builder.ret(tmp) # Create a module provider object first. Modules can come from # in-memory IRs like what we created now, or from bitcode (.bc) # files. The module provider abstracts this detail. mp = ModuleProvider.new(my_module) # Create an execution engine object. This will create a JIT compiler # on platforms that support it, or an interpreter otherwise. ee = ExecutionEngine.new(mp) # The arguments needs to be passed as "GenericValue" objects. arg1 = GenericValue.int(ty_int, 100) arg2 = GenericValue.int(ty_int, 42) # Now let's compile and run! retval = ee.run_function(f_sum, [arg1, arg2]) # The return value is also GenericValue. Let's print it. print "returned", retval.as_int()